Question

【题目】短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线 (\) 划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I’ll never forget an old lady who was my neighbor. She lived in small house alone. It was said what her husband and her son had died in a traffic accident. I had thought of she would lock her door and bury her in sorrow all day long. And what surprised me most was that the old lady didn’t cry. Instead, she often helped others in a smile. Whenever it snowed, she was always the first to clean the paths. She looked after several children lived nearby, some of which even some of which even were admitted into famous universities finally. I often remembered the stories she told us and her kind smile. Perhaps she is lucky, but I think she is a happy person.

Answer 1

【答案】

第一处：small前加a

第二处：what改为that

第三处：去掉thought后的of

第四处：her改为herself

第五处：And改为But

第六处：in改为with

第七处：lived改为living

第八处：which改为whom

第九处：remembered改为remember

第十处：lucky改为unlucky

【解析】

第一处：small前加a。house为可数名词，且是第一次提到它，此处表示泛指，故加不定冠词a。

第二处：what改为that。It is said that...＂据说……＂，为固定句式。

第三处：去掉thought后的of。thought后面是一个完整的省略了引导词that的从句，故of是多余的。

第四处：her改为herself。句子主语she既是动作的执行者，又是动作的承受者，故用反身代词herself。

第五处：And改为But。想象的与后面的事实不同，上下文之间有逻辑上的转折关系，故用But。

第六处：in改为with。表示＂微笑着＂用with a smile，不用in。

第八处：which改为whom。此处非限制性定语从句的先行词为children，指人，定语从句由＂介词+关系代词＂引导，故关系代词应用whom。

第七处：lived改为living。考查非谓语动词作定语的用法，children与live之间为主动关系，应用现在分词作后置定语。

第九处：remembered改为remember。由时间状语often及后一句可知此处应用一般现在时态。

第十处：lucky改为unlucky。由上文可知该女士失去孩子是不幸的，故用unlucky。